it depends on position and opening. As a beginner, you should go for castling most of the time, but as you improve, you realise in some positions you do not have to castle.
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I actually dont prefer to castle that much... Espeacially early if I can avoid it since it basicly puts your king in the corner pefectly centered for a "Queen/Knight or Bishop ambush". "Back rank" mate also has to be gaurded against.
Castling puts your king in a safe place in corner, while not castling puts you in the center of the board for a queen,rook, knight,bishop ambush. You should probably watch other's games before making such rash conclusions.
hsbgowd wrote:
Castling puts your king in a safe place in corner, while not castling puts you in the center of the board for a queen,rook, knight,bishop ambush. You should probably watch other's games before making such rash conclusions.
yeah, checking out games where the king is in the center too long is a good way to see why its good to castle cheese. this is one of the more popular ones-
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1132699
ilikecheese97 wrote:
I actually dont prefer to castle that much... Espeacially early if I can avoid it since it basicly puts your king in the corner pefectly centered for a "Queen/Knight or Bishop ambush". "Back rank" mate also has to be gaurded against.
Well, check out this game, you going to like what u see! Cheers!!
How do you prefer to defend your King? I often use The Kings Indian Defence. All though there are many different defences, and it all depends on the position, I prefer The Kings Indian or not castling at all...